We assemble a dataset of the universe of economics and business journal articles published since 1980 to assess differences in the levels…
We use unique survey data from former victims of child sex trafficking and vulnerable girls in shelters in the Philippines to study the…
Does a woman’s take-up of government benefits vary with her perception of how they will be shared within the household? Using randomized…
The U.S.-China conflict is threatening continued global economic prosperity and this has inspired a variety of predictions and…
Income inequality is high and persistent in developing countries. In this paper, we ask what role taxation can or might play in reducing…
We build on Baqaee and Farhi (2019, 2021) and derive a theoretically-grounded criterion that allows targeting bans on exports to a…
Examining the expansion of Jakarta’s bus system shows how simple improvements in public transport service quality can boost usage
Decades of low inflation led to widespread use of dollar-denominated financial instruments with fixed interest rates and long maturities.…
Can taxes on consumption redistribute in developing countries? Contrary to consensus, we show that taxing consumption is progressive once…
Two-stage examinations consist of a first stage in which students work individually as they typically do in examinations (stage 1),…